Help rebuild Hi-Tor animal shelter

The Hi-Tor Animal Care Center is obsolete. The Rockland County shelter's kennel currently houses approximately 30 dogs and its roof is inadequate, doesn't hold in the heat in the winter and threatens to not hold up with strong winds and heavy snow and ice. In fact, one wonders if the present roof can last the winter hardships even one more year. And what a disaster would ensue if the kennel roof caves in or blows off this winter during a storm, possibly with volunteers or staff inside as well.

Rockland County has no money to construct a new roof for the kennel and says the current roof cannot be repaired.

In addition, there are no facilities for staff to stay overnight during a weather emergency to administer to the animals.

To this end, a grass-roots group began the Rebuild Hi Tor Animal Shelter organization, which is dedicated to raising the $650,000-plus needed to construct a new safe, state-of-the-art shelter for Rockland's homeless animals.

The task is great but if every family in Rockland gave just $5 to this cause, the new shelter would soon be a reality, one which everyone in the county could be proud of. Please visit RebuildHiTor.org to learn about the Rebuild effort and how you can help. Those who cannot speak for themselves are depending on us.

Arlene Kahn

Nanuet

The writer is vice-chair of Rebuild Hi-Tor Animal Shelter.

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Help rebuild Hi-Tor animal shelter

The Hi-Tor Animal Care Center is obsolete. The Rockland County shelter's kennel currently houses approximately 30 dogs and its roof is inadequate, doesn't hold in the heat in the winter and threatens

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